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Good Sunday morning! Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Today will be the pick weather day of the weekend. There should be a mix of sun and clouds - highs will be in the 50s. Not too bad for February.

Our weather will quickly turn on us by Monday afternoon/Monday night. A deep area of low pressure will take shape over Oklahoma and Kansas - this low will move east over the Monday/Tuesday time period. Slowly tracking across our region.

Showers and perhaps thunderstorms will be on the increase by late Monday into Tuesday across our region. It appears heavy snow will develop across parts of Oklahoma and Kansas - northwest/northern Missouri.

Highs on Monday in our region will be in the upper 40s to near 50. By Tuesday highs will only be in the 30s - a raw day expected.

Rainfall totals in our region will likely be in the 0.50-1.00" range.

Winds will be gusty on Monday and Tuesday. Expect winds to be in the 20-35 mph range. Winds be from the northeast and east on Monday - turning to the southeast by late Monday - then eventually winds will turn to the west as the low pressure area pushes to our east/northeast.

The severe weather threat with this system should remain to our south. The higher dew points won't be able to make it into our region. Thus, the severe weather threat will remain to our south.

I suspect that rain will change to flurries and/or light snow by Tuesday/Tuesday night as colder air filters into our region. Right now it does not appear that a significant accumulating snow will occur in our local counties. This will need to be monitored. Check for my Facebook updates on the weather page.

If you are a weather enthusiast then I recommend listening to WeatherBrains each week! For a more in-depth look at what is happening in meteorology.

Now is a GREAT time to buy a NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio. Better to have one before storms strike than to be without one during an event. I recommend the Midland Model 300 NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio - that is what I use here at my house!